Ali Dehghani-Firouzabadi

Department of Health, Epidemiologist, Mississippi State, United States.

[ 1 ] - Otitis Media with Effusion in Children and the Impact of Risk Factors on Serum Cytokine Levels

Introduction:To evaluate the role of allergic-type and infectious-type cytokines in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) Materials and Methods:We investigated serum levels of interleukins (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13, along with interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 35 children with OME and 28 healthy contr...